Reports: China to impose carbon tax from 2012
Local paper reports that officials are moving forward with plans to introduce a tax on carbon for China's heavy industries
China will impose a carbon tax on industry from 2012 to curb carbon dioxide emissions, a business newspaper reported late yesterday. The Chinese language Economic Information Daily quoted official...
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